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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
A Typical American boy.

There is IA farmer boy over in the town
of Phelps who is indeed a model of in
dustry, and is bound to make a sterling
citizen. He is II years Of age. His
father died two years ago, leaving a
wife and four children, and a mortgage
of 81 800 on the farm. The boy was
the oldest of the children, and the flu
neral was scarcely past, before he set
resolutely to work to help the
family ont of their financial embarrass-
ment. With the advice OF kindly
neighbor. he has since been the sole
manager of the farm of over ninety
acres. He has, with only Il little assis-
lance, plowed the fields, sowed, cultiya-
ted. and reaped; he has had sole charge
of "A large number of cattle and horses
on the farm; he has managed retail
milk business. and has himself market
ed all the farm products. Last summer
he found time after his work i'm the
fields to paint the house twice over and
to build five new fences. In the winter
he not only attenis to do the necessary
work about the farm, but teaches coun-
try school three miles away, fells tim
Der in the woods Oh Saturdays. wri es
excellent letters to the local news pa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
A COlnc slenes

A number Of anec, otes are related
concerning Emperor Williams long
life and the possible number of years
still left to him. One. illustrating pop
nlar superstition, is worth repeating.
II is % the effect that at the time of
Furstenstag at Frankfort. in 1868.
King William, one day. walking in
the neighborhood of Baden Baden.
accompanied by Herr Won Bismark
and number of ladi, ) and gentlemen,
passed a gypsy hut. Ore of the ladies'
exclaimed: THAT is where the famous
gyp Y girl Pracisosa tells fortunes. :"
The party. were all i'm walking dress.
entered the hut and had their fortunes
told in succession the king, whose
identity was concealed, coming last
Preciosa held his hand ong while in
silence and then said. see great
crown. great victories and great age.
Yon will live ninety-six years but yo,l
last days will bring many troubles and
much sorrow The king forgot all
about the prophecytil il 1884. whenat
ball at the Russian Embassy in Berlin
the Hungarian Countess Erdody. whose
mother was Tsigane. was presented
to him. During long conversation it
was incidentally mentioned that the
Countess possessed the gift of chiro-
Nancy. The Emperor held ont his
b nd and the Countess, afterexanning
the lines graycly said. your Majesty is
destined to live ninety-six years. the
Emperor it is added was struck BY
the coincidence.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
Letters of Recommendation.

A gentleman once advertised for a
boy to assist him in his office.
Nearly fifty applied for the place.
Out of the whole number, he, in short
time, chose one and sent the rest away.
Il should like to know, said friend.
ION what ground you chose that boy.
he had not a single recommendation
with him."
You are Mistaken said the gentle.
man, nc had a great many"
He wiped his feet when he came in
and closed the door after him; showing
that he was orderly and tidy.
lie gave up his seat instantly to the
lame old man who entered; showing
that he was kind and thoughtful.
He took off his hat when he came in
and answered my questions prompt,
and respectfully; showing that he was
polite.
He lifted up the book, which hat
purposely laid on the floor. and placed
it on the table, while all the rest hat
stepped over it, or showed it aside
showing that he was careful.
And he waited patiently for his turn,
instead of pushing the others aside
showing that he was modest.
When l talked with him, ! noticed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
BEYOND THE HILLS.

What's beyond the distant hill tops,
Stretching westward. far away
Bathed In golden mi.ts al sunset.
Purple haze throughout the day.
What's beyond those mystic SUBMITS,
Ard that faint horizon RIM
l. there some ..Fair Land of Pr mise
just hey the hiil-tops dim!
o. my Guardian Angel tell me,
II | climb the distant hills.
Shall find what most long for,
What my widest dream fulfillss
In the valley. all about me.
ii. Ids are full OF ripening grain;
But | long to mount the hni-tops-
Unto greater nights attain.
o. my faithful Guardian Angel.
Why such grave reproachful eyes,
must climb those purple hill-tops.
See the star of Fame arise.
must 60. and win, and conquer,
/ must wear laurel crown
And the world shall bow before me,
And shall give me great renown.
But my faithful Guardian Angel
Whispers softly: Turn thine eyes
From those distant, purple hill tops.
And those glowing. western skies.
Look around thee. in the valley,
AT the work there is To do
For the fields are white with harvest
And the laburers are few.
"You will faint upon the mountains
And your bread Will turn to stone.
10. a b ackened cloud will lower,
Where the star of Fame once shone.
.Dare it not-the smile Elusive,
Is too oft hidden frown.
You will shrink and pale and shudder
At the sharp thorns in your crown.
do not slight the wayside flowers
And the blessings near ut hand,
Patient working. patient waiting
Leads into the Promised Land"
ISABEL HoTCHkIss.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

According to the London Figaro
Gen. Bonlanger's mother was an
English woman. who, when she mar
ried NJ. Bonlanger uhe General
father). was beautiful girl scarcely out
OF her teens. At that period NJ. Bou-
LANCER was an avoue. that is to say a
solicitor. at kennes, But shortly after
his marriage he decided to sell his
practice and migrated to Nantes, where
he became an Inspector in the service
of the Compagnied' Assurances Ia
Bretagne. 1t was at Nantes the
present War Minister of France was
| born. and those who remember the
mother speak of the striking resem-
blance which her distinguished son
| bears to her rs she then was. Without
being actually poor. the Boulangers
were certainly far from rich. There
was in the family, to use an expressive
French phrase, ..more bread than but
ter and SO. when young Boulanger
was sent to Saint Cyr. his parents
could only give him very little pocket
money. Even when he left Saint Cyr
earlier than usual, thanks to the need
of officers to fill up the gaps caused by
the Crimean war. he had no margin
for extravaganza. and he has since
laughingly admitted that many time
when invited out to dine or dance he
was obliged to make his dejeuncr of
sun chau>son de pommes' in order to
pay for the kid gloves (fresh-butter
festivities.
He made his military debut i'm the
Italian campaign Of 1856, and was
both wounded and decorated. So Sc
verely was he wounded, in fact. that
he wss made Professor ut Saint Cyr,
and. though severe AS a master. the
Sunday evening receptions he and his
wife gave at their little house near the
railway station are still pleasantly
remembered by many of the ca
diets Of those days. His young
wife. who had, of course, gained her
knowledge from his English mother,
was quite an adept in brewing tea and
..grogs" l'Anglaise, while her two
little daughters. Yvonne and Mimi.
were favorites among the guests. In
1870 Gen. Boulanger, who had re-
joined the active army, was in garrison
at Nantes. but was fortunate enough
to reach Paris with his regiment just
before its gates were finally closed.
After the war he went to Tunis, and
his recent career is too well known to
need repetition. 1t is satisfactory to
learn, however. that he is firm friend
Of England The day may come when
his fathers English marriage may ap-
preciably affect the course of current
| events.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
Marriage by Capture.

Perhaps the most curious of the in
stances Of marriage by capture and
those to which are given the generic
name of .bride-racing.' There is the
..love-chase'' of Turkestan. Here the
bride, EARNED with formidable whip,
mounts swift horse, and is then pur-
sued by all her suitors. She is the
prize in the race. She has. however.
the right to use her whip, and apparent
~ often does SO with no mean force"
on the pursuers whom she does not
favor. 1t is sad. however, to relate
that the traveller who describes this
custom adds that in reality the race is
always ..sold'' by the father, and that,
in fact, 1.-THE love-chase is mere mat
ter Of FORM NJ. Vambery was wit
ness of such chase where the maiden
held on her lap the carcass of goat.
which it was the object of the bride
groom and the young men who at
| tended him to snatch from her. One
of the tribes of Northeastern Asia. the
koraks, have an extremity elaborate
| system Of bride-racing, which stakes
place in tent containing numerous
compartments, arranged in contin-
uous circle round its inner circumfer-
| ence.' The girl is clear of the mar
riage if she can get throughthis series Of
compartments without being caught.
Besides her start. the women of the en-
campment throw every possible impede
ment in the mans way, tripping up his
feet, holding down the curtains and
beating him with alder switches.
The man, however strong, has ap-
parently no chance. if the lady really
wishes to get away from him. In a
race witnessed by Mr.. KEENAN,, indeed
the bride had to wait in the last COM
partment for her bridegroom. so COM
pletely had she distanced him. A bride
race in Singapore must sometime, we
should imagine, be a very pretty sight.
The natives are accustomed to boating,
and SO have developed bride boat
race. The ceremony is thus described:
The damsel is given canoe and a
double-bladed paddle, and allowed a
start Of some distance; the sutton, SIM
ilarly equipped. starts off in chase, II
he succeeds in overtaking her. she be-
comes his wife; if not, the match i:
broken off. 1t is seldom that OBJ
lection is offered ut the last moment
and the race is generally a short one
The maiden's arms are strong, but hel
heart is soft and her nature warm, ant
she soon becomes willing captive. l
the marriage takes place where NJ
stream is near, round circle of Ger
tain size is formed, the damsel is strip
ped of all but waistband, and givel
half the circles start in advance; an,
if she succeeds in running three time
round before her sutton comes up will
her, she is entitled to remain a virgin
if not, she must consent to the bonds 0
matrimony. As in the other eases, bu
few outstrip their lovers. '-.' Studio
Of Ancient Hstory,'' comprising re
print Of Primitive MARRIAGE ETC., b
the late John Ferguson McLennan.'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

YES said Mrs De Hobson. "Clara
had an excellent opportunity to visit
Europe last year in company with some
friends, but couldn't bear the idea oil
having the ocean between u.s.
ut seems pity, Mrs. Hobson," re-
sponded the caller, "a European trip
does give such tone to the society
young lady
II know it does. To those moving in
the high circles that We do it is almost
necessity. Is'pose," concluded Mrs.
DE Hobson, half regretfully, ''that !
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

that his clothes were carefully brushed.
his hair In nice order. and his teeth
white as milk.
When he wrote his name. | observed
that his finger-nails were clean. instead
of being tipped with jet like the hand
some little fellows in the blue jacket.
Don't you call these things letters Of
recommendation? / do. and wha. |
can tell about boy by using my eyes
for ten minutes is worth more than all
the fine letters he can bring me-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

At tho club. Two gentleman paying
at ecarte: "How is this" cries one.
"You have counted three points!"
well, what of it?'' s.But you only
made two" Il assure you, monsieur
- I'll bet louis that you only
have two" ..Softly. my friend. Per-
nit me- am not certain enough Of it
to bet; but | will give you my word Of
honor!'-FTenchF Fun.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

pers. and pafsues the course of reading
as laid down in The Chautanquan.
The farm Is not only ont of debt and in
splendid condition. but the lad and his
mother have enough money on hand 10
buy twenty more acres of land this sea-
Sar
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

Floods stone house in San Francis.
co cost 100000. The cost of Stan.
ford's wooden house is estimated q
&l,OOO,0OO.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

The Rev. Waldo Mcssaros Of Phila-
delphia said from his pulpit Sunday:
Few men read the religious press; it
is not vivid enough; there is too much
patchwork, too much staleness, and
there is not the enterprise Of the secu-
lar press"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
TRANSPORTATION.

The mears of communication and transports
ton should De owned or controlled BY the pco-
pie, as il the United States postal system, and
equitable rates everywhere established,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

Excessive wealth resulting in luxury aud idle
ners on the one hand aud excessive toll and
poverty on the other lead to intemperance ard
vice The measures Of reform here demanded
will prove to be the scientific solution OF the
temperance question.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
SUFFRAGE.

The employment Of bodies OF armed men by
private corporations should be prohibited.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
LABOR.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

In appreciation VI the services Of the United
States soldiers and sailors, we demand for
them justice before charity. The purpo.ely
deprecated money paid them during the war
should be made equal in value to the god
paid the bondholder. The soldier was prom
Is, coin or its equivalent and paid in depreci-
ated paper. The boLdholder loaned the Govern
ment deprecated paper and contracted TO take
it for his bonds, but was psid In gold.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05
TEMPERANCE i.

The right to vote Is inherent in eitsenshir
irrespective Of sex.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-23
THE TONGA ISLANDS.

The San Francisco Call " of Septem-
Der 18th has the following: According
to dispatch from Berlin, published in
yesterday mornings papers, Great Brit
ain has concluded q treaty with the King
of the Tonga Islands, under which that
monarch will cede nothing to foreign
power without the assent of England.
The treaty is an unpleasant surprise to
Germany, as the Tonga Islands have
been. considered promising field for
German enterprise. Not only is that an
nouncement an unpleasant surprise to
Germany, but it has deeply chagrined
the State Department officials. The
Tonga Islands are more popularly known
as the Friendly Islands, and were dis
covered by Captain Cook. They are in
the South Pacific, and are of that group
of which Fiji and the Samoan Islands are
best known. Vans, sweet potatoes,
breadfruit, tobacco, corn and sugar cane
grow in abundance, and the natives are
fairly intelligent and well disposed.
Realizing its commercial advantages the
State Department last year entered into
negotiations, and concluded a treaty with
King George of the Tonga Islands, by
which diplomatic and consular relations
were to be established between the ISL
ands and the United States The State
Department found the King to be intel
ligent and anxious to be brought into
more intimate relations with this coun-
try. Congress, however, refused to make
any appropriations for the service, and
as the departments appropriation speci-
ties the precise purpose to which 1t shall
be put, and is not in bulk, the depart
ment could do nothing but let the treaty
slumber in its archives. 1t was the in
tention of Secretary Bayard to again APP
ply to Congress at this session for an
appropriation for the Tonga Island serv-
ice, but whether he will do so now that
England has the dominant influence
there is doubtful.
"1he trade of the Tonga Islands is
worth having, and with 1t would natur-
ally come that of the more important
Fiji Islands, although the latter are Brit
ish possessions. The chief imports Of
the islands are wine, beer and spirits,
tea, coffee and other groceries, tools and
hardware of all descriptions and many
domestic utensils. At the present time
the bulk of this trade is with Australia,
although some OF it goes direct to Eng
land, but there is no earthly reason why
San Francisco and New York should not
be export and import markets"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-23

Ok the King of Hollands 10th birth
day, short time since, the Queen pre-
scented him with a novel gift. The
Understanding carried in huge bou-
quet of choice natural flowers, and on
setting it before His Majesty he was
much astonished, when all at once the
top of the bouquet opened and the head
of his little daughter Princess Wilhel-
nina peeped out from among the
flowers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-23

THE fFToronto World referring to the
question of snbsidising the Pacific Ocean
Steamship Line, says: owe do not need
at this time of day to cite proofs of the
fact that in these times foreign com
mercial rivalry is pushing Great Britain
in markets abroad at places where form
erly she had the trade all to herself.
Now, by literally subsidising the Pa
cifc Ocean Steamship Line in connection
with the Canadian Pacific Railway,
British commerce would have right
to the first advantages conferred by
it, which we are sure will be neither few
nor small. Canadians have good reason
to feel the heat OF Indignation coming
over them when they contemplate how
slow the commercial element at home
has been to do Justice to Canada's latest
gigantic and most effective contribution
to the welfare of the mother country"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-23

In the Los Angeles Times" of Septem-
Der 5th, appears an interview with a man
named H. Benedict, q restaurant waiter.
He says he visited the Islands six years
ago. where he was slave and managed to
escape after five years of abuse. His state
ments are so untruthful throughout the in
terview that he ought to be classed as one
Of the boss liars of the present day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-23
FRIDAY
September 23d

QUEEN YICToRIA's Jubilee being over,
the London newspapers are publishing
the shortcomings of those in charge of
the festivities Very mean.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-23

THE prize. offered by the French Gov
eminent of SIC, 900 for the most valuable
discovery relating to the utilization of
electricity is to be awarded next Decem-
Der. It is for any use or application of
electricity-namely, as source of heat,
or light, or of chemical action, as a
means of transmission of mechanical
power or of verbal Accommodation in any
form, or, finally, as curative agent.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-11-05
Saleof Valuable Personal Property

Will be sold at public auction on
Wednesday, the goth of Noyem ber,
1887, at the late residence of Ed
ward T. Downing, deceased, the
whole of his personal property con
sisting of household and kitchen
furniture, a large lot of farming
implements, about $50 barrels of
corn, 90 stacks of fodder, 1000 lbs.
of nice pork. so live hogs, 36 head
of sheep,275 bushels of oats, 40 head
of COWS and calves, top buggy, 1
large family carriage.1 double bug
gy, 4 horse carts, 1 large double
wagon in good repair,1 fine blooded
stallion, 9 young blooded carriage
horses gentle to all harness, Q val
liable mules well matched, 2 beau
tiful colts 3 and years oltl,2 gentle
valuable furm horses, ALSO very many
other tllings usually kept on u large
we'll stocked farm. Sale to com
mence at 10 O'Clock a. In, and to
continue from day to day until the
property is sold.
Terms made known on the day
of sale. J, i. MAPP,
Administrator.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-11-05
Letters Fram the People.

The PENINSULA ENTERPRISE con-
tains in it's issue of October 22nd, an
article over the signature Of ''Sigm;L"
which requires some notice. TheAuthor
OF that article attacks through the press
the writer 'Kegotank for a double
purpose: lst, to affect him personally.
and 2nd, to depreciate the hlnws given
by HKegotank to the party OF which
Stigma" is at once the swift apologisL
and cringing slave. In all of the ARTICLES
of skegotank he has scrupulously4
avoided, heretofore, ali direct, or even
indirect, Indulgence in personalities pri
vately or officially, and even now he is
unwilling to do so, vulnerable as the
subject Sigma" is in his personal ;ls
well as public relations, but the law of
necessity prevails to speak Of some-not
now all. "Kegotank realizes the fact.
tllat he is Known to many Of your read
err. Now, who is This ">iglna?" Why
he is only the creature of the ring 'keg-
otank" las fought. He is the mouth
piece of those who hate 'Kesotalk" b.
cause he dares speak openly aud public
~ pf the political slis Of 'Sigma'S u
brothers of the combine" He is one
of the pack who fol years has done The
yelping in tho com non crowd for scraps
not Notwithstanding the pli.nt
hinges Of the knee that thrift may fol-
low fawning.' BE it Is who, holding
official POS. tion by '.divihe right" of the
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-11-05
ST: bIcs Forcibly catered and Horse
TnNcI.

On lust Sunday nj hit, the stables n
MI. Ere lNrl''r.sw; o re sides near a
rom. G.. H.. Nerefnrcinly entered aud
hi tire tro ti:g station, known Us Old
Morrill, was taken away The perpetrl-
tors of the ilighlanlrd lawlessness snc-
ceede,l in accomplishing their Object
without discovery, and the participants
therefore IN the arr nf breaking Into the
stables of Mr.. Wa'dyare unknown. but
subsequent darelnnm ,nts prove that a
party If three were SEN to drive down
10 Mr.. WAdy' shome between AMI 2
O'Clock OH Saturdays niIllt, ami on the
next day, Wm. llnpi's.of Baltimore. one
Cunningham, of BoSt on, AMI lanes w.
Bell, of Accnmac stopp.'l at New
Church on their way to Marfland llav-
ing tie horse in their pnssesslnn. There
they hid ordered the horse led. but I've.
lug informed by al inhahltailt of the
place that they were still in Virginia.
the orler was countprn,2 an led and in
great haste the old hose wa phinf "'l to
Maryland. In an >wer tn an inquiry
willie at New Church if it W IS not O,l
Molrell, the answer was given That II
was CllOC boy. MI. lfOppS uouoVicoo
justifies his participation i'll the lawless-
ness by the fact that he is half owner OF
the old horse, and it is due to Mr.. Bell,
PERHAPS tnsay, that he claims that lie
was hired to convey the parties to Mary
land and had M further connection
with it. Mr.. Waldy has instituted suit,
laying damages at $500. Several
horses OF Hops are in Mr.. Waddy's pos
session. but Helps being Indebted, IL is
said, to Waddy iii II much larg.r sum
than they are worth, besides his III
terest in Morrill,. ;llluther suit will be-
instituted III Maryland. Hops, TIL. .lay
before the horse WAS taken, offered to
purchase of Mr.. Waldy his half interest
in the horse, but they could not agree
and u sale was not effected.